It's not about winning.If you believe that, then you win.
But thanks anyway.
It's not about winning.If you believe that, then you win.
I also own Kali Lp6 (v1). Great speakers. Perhaps the best bang for the buck monitoring speaker in the 5 to 6 inch class bracket (I own several sets from the usual suspects). It must be said that the sound differences between the MDA1 and DX3 pro+ will be less discernable on speakers due to speaker spacing and room acoustics (not too mention that without a subwoofer, you won't notice the missing low octave). You are wise to take into account user experience. Most of the newer hi-fi/pro audio units measure above and beyond, and without 1st hand experience you won't have any gauge for what the relative comparative differences are. For example, I purchased a Topping DX5 based on measurements alone, but it sounded considerably colder and less enjoyable than the DX3 pro+. A lot of people think they can hear something, and make a judgment call by looking at a graph. That's never the full story. As always, your mileage will vary.
PC -> USB-A to USB-C -> DAC -> 3-pin XLR Female to 3-pin XLR Male -> SpeakersCan someone advise on the ideal cables I should go with the PC + DAC + Speakers in mind?
PC -> USB-A to USB-C -> DAC -> 3-pin XLR Female to 3-pin XLR Male -> Speakers
I have my pc connected via optical cable. Works great.Thank you for making it simple. I will explore Amazon or some stores for decent XLR cables.
Is there any other advisable way to connect PC --> DAC, I also have a DAP that I wish to connect once in a while, and the USB C-to-USB C I thought would be ideal for that.
Thank You - again.
Thank you, will explore that.I have my pc connected via optical cable. Works great.
Type-C to Type-C should work just as well.Is there any other advisable way to connect PC --> DAC, I also have a DAP that I wish to connect once in a while, and the USB C-to-USB C I thought would be ideal for that.
Thank You, I will go with Optical cable. I have that port on the Motherboard. and XLR for speakers as you had advised.Type-C to Type-C should work just as well.
Though it's possible that your PC will induce noise via USB.
In that case, using Toslink in an easy fix.
Did you switch the cables at the input of the mixer to check if it is the same channel producing the signal? Have you tried the balanced connection from DAC to mixer? Does it do that with Toslink cable connected to the DAC but not the source?Hello guys!
Let me describe my story with this product so maybe someone could test it with his own unit to confirm this strange issue.
Last year I purchased RAW MDA 1 Dac directly from China. After delivery I connected it to my PC via optical cable and using RCA cables with my mixer and then speakers. Everything seemed to work fine and I was happy of the sound I was getting. But after couple of weeks I've noticed something worrying, whenever there was no signal coming from the PC (like when DAC was ON before the PC) the unit was (and still is) pushing extremely high signal to one of the channels. I can see it on my mixer visual indicators. I tried both of the optical inputs but same problem in both of them occurs, even when there is no any physical cable connected to the unit, whenever one of the optical inputs is selected in dac's menu it still does that until the actual optical signal is send from the PC to the DAC. This problem isn't present since I switched to the USB input.
I sent couple of emails to the manufacturer but their suggestions (like swaping RCA cables, reseting the unit) didn't help.
The only last thing I could try would be to update the firmware but I honestly doubt if this will solve the issue. Of course I can send the unit back to China but this is quite problematic since I'll be left with no other dac as a replacement for the weeks/months it will probably take to fix/replace the unit and send it back to Europe.
I'm not sure but maybe I'm missing something that could solve this issue to begin with?
Here are some pictures of the setup.
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Sorry to bug you again.As long as you get some reasonable decent cable you should be fine. No need for fancy brands that are excessively expensive.
I've seen someone suggest an audiocard with S/PDIF out, in an other topic. The thing was quite cheap (~$10 on Amazon I think it was).Sorry, my questions are too basic. The SPDIF option is out, as I realized my motherboard lacks that.